On 17/5/08 17:17, in article
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"Rusty Hinge 2" <rusty.hinge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> The message <3130303034323630482F0A8103@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> from Anne Jackson <amygdala@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> The message from Rusty Hinge 2 <rusty.hinge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> contains these words:
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>>> Also I want a piece of fruitwood for a steeply-dropped butt on a
>>> full-length flintlock rifle stock. Sort-of bent at the base. I had a
>>> fine piece of wild cherry which was growing out of one of my hedges.
It
>>> was just the right size, and just the right shape, and, it was
beginning
>>> to show signs of dying-off, so I dug it out and sealed all the cut
roots
>>> and the cut top with wax and left it in the cart-store for a few
years.
>>> Being very hard-up when it was seasoned, and not knowing anyone who
>>> could be relied upon to do a proper job with a whizzy-round saw, I put
>>> it in a sawing horse and cut it down with a ripsaw. When the first
plank
>>> fell away it revealed a patch of rot in such a position that I
couldn't
>>> get a stock out of it at all.
>
>>> While the wood wasn't wasted, I still have the ironwork for a New
>>> England flintlock rifle waiting for attention...
>
>> You should've said earlier! We cut down a 20 y.o. plum tree
>> last year, to accommodate the summerhouse...
>
> Another crime to lay at the door of the DWP.
>
> Announcement of Competition for Urglers, Sheddi and Zetnuts:
>
> Find the most apt words represented by the letters DWP...
Down with Plum trees.....
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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